Encarta

dbmzk1 · 20 Jan 2013 at 11:17

Dimple said:
I went 5 ways on a 1x CD Burner plus 2 x 1 gig SCSI Hard drives back in 1995 (Cd writer £5000, SCSI hard rives £1000 each).
The 5 of us would have the system for 1 week each and my use would be for music purposes doing CD's for my own bands and others.
The second bloke who had it was downloading stuff from Bulletin Boards all over the world with BT Engineer codes and he got raided.
When they went upstairs they found 50x Encarta 95 copies ready to be sold at £50 each (it was £350) and they confiscated the hardware
On the opening day of Millennium Computers (Overclockers) I bought my second CD burner which was a Teac 4x for £450 plus a £150 SCSI to drive it.

My Dad bought me Encarta 95 for like £35 from a high street store... don't ever remember it being £350

I got Encarta 98 as part of a free bundle with some random hardware purchase, a Voodoo 2 I think!

celliott · 20 Jan 2013 at 11:20

Encarta 95 came with our first proper PC and it was fantastic, used it all the time through school for homework etc. Don't know what I would have done without it!

Especially liked the fact there were often short movies / mini games when you looked things up

SexyGreyFox · 20 Jan 2013 at 13:01

dbmzk1 said:
My Dad bought me Encarta 95 for like £35 from a high street store... don't ever remember it being £350

It may have been an earlier version but Encarta was definitely £350 when it came out and he was selling them for £50.
Looking at Wiki the first version was Encarta 93 so 95 probably was £35 a couple of years on.
The timescale fits also because in 1993 we didn't have the Internet and all our talking was done on Bulletin Boards.

rotters · 20 Jan 2013 at 13:20

would really love to find a copy. the simple wiki still isnt child friendly. my boys only 7 and I think encarta would be better at entertaining him whilst learning.

rotters

moss · 20 Jan 2013 at 13:30

Lots of copies for sale on ebay, right from early 90's to the last editions.

rotters · 20 Jan 2013 at 14:25

doh, cheers for that, got one on order, think he will love it!

mjt · 20 Jan 2013 at 15:50

Danger Phoenix · 20 Jan 2013 at 17:06

I used to have Encarta 96 and spent hours playing the game

DB_SamX · 20 Jan 2013 at 17:09

I used to favour World Book over Encarta. http://www.worldbook.com/browse-by-type/encylopedias

I have got hardbacks of Childcraft, Young Scientist, World Book, Word Power and Science Power. I have the first two end to end.

prashantnew · 21 Jan 2013 at 22:08

I'm sad generations to come will probably never know what its like to go to the library and go to the references section and sit down with an actual encyclopedia to do homework.

SexyGreyFox · 21 Jan 2013 at 22:20

prashantnew said:
I'm sad generations to come will probably never know what its like to go to the library and go to the references section and sit down with an actual encyclopedia to do homework.

Yeah it was superb having to catch a bus to go to a library and then spend hours locating a passage out of a book to copy.

Lazy · 21 Jan 2013 at 22:28

I remember using encarta (95 or 96 I cant remember, think its still in the drawer downstairs) with homework years ago. Especially the old theme music for the main menu. Oh how technology has progressed in the past 10years especially.